Friday, May 31, 2013

First there was the Armodoc, then there was the Syclodoc. Early this year it evolved into Syclowave,
a big purple guy inspired by Phil Reed of Battlegrip.com as well as
Transformers. It sold out incredibly quickly, no doubt due to it being
a relatively new head design combined with an awesome homage and the
generally rabid nature of Glyos fans. It hasn't exactly caught fire on
the secondary market, which is good as it means you may be able to get
one at a price that's not too high... the few on eBay as of my writing
this didn't sell due to the higher starting bid prices.[ READ THE FULL REVIEW ]

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Armorvors sell out fast, always. At 2 per customer, the Sonesidar Mimic Armorvor
sold out rather quickly - I waited a while to write this review so I
forget exactly how long, but I know it was under 20 minutes. It was
part of the "Operation Sonesidar" series, which was the first series of
2013 which was inspired by the classic Fisher-Price Adventure People
action figure line. The bright colors are evocative of the 1970s-1980s
line, and this guy matches the driver of the Alpha Star vehicle which I
had as a kid. As such, I'm biased - and I like this a lot.[ READ THE FULL REVIEW ]

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

I really don't know why the Gendrone Legion Gobon didn't sell out immediately. It took a while. I had no idea this color scheme was coming, but I had incorporated it into the Glyos News Dump header [archival ] because I thought it looked cool. Who knew that I would have a figure of it in a few months?
There
have been nearly 20 of these guys, not including a few limited
editions, and historically they seem to be, sadly, slower sellers. The
portly robot is probably one of the best bangs-for-the-buck in Glyos in
terms of mass and options as you get a reversible head, a hidden second
head, plus a body which can be flipped and made to look like a comical,
portly fellow or a more aggressive bot of death.
[ READ THE FULL REVIEW ]

Friday, May 10, 2013

I don't know the exact name of the cybernetic Battle Beasts-esque Rhinoceros head as the package didn't have one, so I'm calling it a CyberRhino
head here. As with other releases in this hand-made series, the head
was sculpted by Jason Frailey (the guy who sculpted the Armorvor) and
was molded by the GodBeast, debuting at C2E2 last month. Most of his
heads debut online and are ordered through the October Toys forums, cast
in resin so you'll need to be careful with them. Sadly these heads
have yet to be cast in PVC, the kind of plastic used for most Glyos
figures. If I could, I'd love to invest in getting these cranked out
on a larger scale just so I could have more of them.[ READ THE FULL REVIEW ]

Thursday, May 9, 2013

There's a prolific sculptor, molder, and maker of toys known as "TheGodBeast"
who is best known for making very small runs of very impressive things.
He's prototyped numerous designer toys, created fully-realized figures
based on sketches from years earlier, and lately he's become
particularly well-known in Glyos circles with custom heads and other
parts. The Armorvor Infection has some nifty history behind it.
Mr. Beast (also known as Marty Hansen) worked on the creation of this
mold as the molder, with Jason Frailey having sculpted it and Matt Doughty
having designed it. The "Infection" color has been used for numerous
special-edition figures in the past as well as hand-cast resin pieces,
plus the red just happens to match clear red Outer Space Men figures and a pair of recently released figures at Onell Design: a Crayboth, and an Exellis. Wow, that's a lot of exposition.[ READ THE FULL REVIEW ]

The Armorvor! A nasty fellow with a penchant for crushing skulls and selling out within 30 minutes. Above is a composite of a couple of shots I took of the group for a project that didn't turn out quite like I was hoping, but rather than delete them I figured I'd show it here so you could see what all 10 of the figures released so far look like. (Not pictured: Stealth Armorvor Mark II, as I assume it looks the same as Mark I, and the red-eye Venjorun Variant which is busy sitting on a shelf.)

While not a figure, the Red Swing Joint Set
is another way to expand the functionality of your figures from Onell
Design. While creator Matt Doughty is already using these parts to
make all-new creations, most of us will be using them to add knee and
elbow articulation to new and existing figures. For $4 (or $3 if you
took advantage of the black ones) you get enough parts to upgrade half
of one figure - so if you want to give a Glyan knees and elbows, be sure
to order two sets. The good news is that the resulting figure is
quite impressive, but unfortunately Swing Joints effectively double the
cost of the figure. [ READ THE FULL REVIEW ]

The Glyos News Dump is a project run by 16bit.com and is in not affiliated with Onell Design or their official Glyos Transmission Web Log. (Although it's worth noting that we do like them a lot, and they're very nice people.)

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Adam Pawlus has written about Star Wars action figures, toys, and collectibles on the web since 1995. He has worked for a variety of magazines and websites and presently works as a Toy Evangelist / Buyer for Entertainment Earth. He also loves Jolt.